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“Moderate” Is the New “Extreme”: Weather’s Impact on Growing Renewable Grid Operations

June 17, 2024 admin clean power, climate change, Extreme weather, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:28:22 +0000

How Shifting Our Perception of Extreme Weather Can Aid Planning for a Reliable Wind- and Solar-Rich Power System From severe storms to recent unprecedented cold and heat waves, extreme weather events are impacting electric utilities, grid operators, and ultimately customers like never before. At the same time, the energy sources … [continued]

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How Two Rookie Engineers Expertly Designed a Tidal Energy Turbine

June 13, 2024 admin clean power, marine energy, national renewable energy laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), new hampshire, nrel, pacific northwest national laboratory, pacific northwest national laboratory (pnnl), sandia national laboratories, tidal energy, Water

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:10:32 +0000

The Turbine Will Collect and Share Data To Deepen Our Understanding of Tidal Energy To innovate in marine energy requires some extracurriculars: turning wrenches at the barge, conducting trial runs in the wave pool, and talking through ideas with a supportive team. All this appeals to University of New Hampshire … [continued]

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5G & Microgrids Might Be a Great Match

June 5, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, demand response, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, grid, lithium-ion batteries, microgrids, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, rooftop solar, Solar energy, united states department of defense, US Department of Defense

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 04:32:38 +0000

NREL Explores Setup and Security of 5G for Microgrids With a 5G Sandbox Whether it is coincidence or careful planning, the infrastructures of both power systems and telecommunications are heading in a similar direction: toward the edge. Solar panels on a roof are like 5G towers in a neighborhood—in both … [continued]

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Director of NREL’s Alaska Campus Ice Breaker: Q&A With Director of NREL’s Alaska Campus

June 5, 2024 admin alaska, buildings, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 03:57:54 +0000

Originally a mechanical engineer, Bruno Grunau now spends his days testifying before Congress, meeting regularly with the Alaska governor’s office, and learning from Alaska’s utilities, communities, and Indigenous people whose ancestors have lived here for thousands of years. Grunau is the regional director of Applied Research for Communities in Extreme … [continued]

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On the Road to Increased Transmission: Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems

June 5, 2024 admin clean power, demand response, electricity transmission, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, transmission

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 03:42:35 +0000

How Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems Can Reduce Transmission Line Traffic Jams A Navigation App for Electric Highways Just like busy roads, the U.S. transmission system can experience congestion, leading to inefficient travel of electricity. “Imagine some small transmission lines run between two cities and are always congested, like a … [continued]

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DuraMAT Forecasts How New Photovoltaic Module Technologies Might Perform Over 20, 30, Or 50 Years

May 24, 2024 admin clean power, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, sandia national laboratories, solar cells, Solar energy, solar energy technologies office (seto), solar panels

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 12:54:33 +0000

As the Solar Industry Grows Rapidly, Materials, Designs, and Solar Panels Are Changing Quickly For the solar photovoltaics (PV) industry, rapid growth can produce rapid—and sometimes unpredictable—changes. As the industry continued to see a major period of growth in 2023, the Durable Module Materials (DuraMAT) Consortium seized the opportunity to … [continued]

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NREL’s Open-Source Vehicle & Mobility Tools Offer Routes to Reduce Transportation Energy Use, Emissions

May 23, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, energy efficiency, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 05:23:32 +0000

Tools Equip Stakeholders To Better Understand Travel Habits, Data, and Energy Consumption To Inform Transportation and Mobility Technology Advancements Energy efficiency and on-road performance are central to the future of transportation and the clean energy transition. The U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) modeling and analysis tools … [continued]

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NREL Battery Supply Chain Database Maps Out the State of North America’s Manufacturing Base

May 20, 2024 admin batteries, battery supply chain, clean power, clean transport, Energy Storage, ev batteries, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 13:55:45 +0000

As the United States continues to transition to clean energy, strengthening the domestic supply chain by increasing the availability of critical materials is paramount to enabling greater domestic manufacturing. This focus on securing the clean energy supply chain—in particular domestically—is a key part of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) … [continued]

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New Analysis Platform Shines Light On Utilities’ Solar Energy Future

May 17, 2024 admin argonne national laboratory, clean power, green economy, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), pacific northwest national laboratory, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, utilities

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 05:05:22 +0000

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with three other national labs, have developed a free online platform to help utilities understand how solar energy projects will affect the operation of their power systems. This capability can increase utilities’ confidence in expanding their solar portfolios, … [continued]

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Zooming in on Electric Vehicles: How Duluth, Minnesota, Is Preparing for the EV Future

May 13, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, electric micromobility, Electric vehicles, ev charging, micromobility, Minnesota, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 12:23:01 +0000

Nearly 33 million electric vehicles (EVs) nationwide — that is the number of vehicles the Unites States should be prepared to support through a national charging network by the year 2030, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) estimated in a recent landmark study. Improving reliable, equitable, and widespread … [continued]

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